A survey of African-American and Hispanics shows that a large majority believe the media doesn't portray their communities accurately, the Associated Press reported.

Of the roughly 1,500 surveyed, three-fourths of African-American news consumers and two-thirds of Hispanics have doubts about the accuracy of media reports of their communities, a troubling statistic considering that minority groups are growing in the U.S.

When asked whether they thought news about their communities was accurate, 75 percent of blacks said moderately or not at all, while 66 percent of Hispanics answered the same.

Currently, African-Americans and Hispanics account for one-third of the total country's population, and by 2043 that number will increase to more than the number of non-Hispanic whites, the AP reported. The minority population will be more than 57 percent of the total population by 2060.

The survey of media consumers was a joint effort by the American Press Institute and The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research at the University of Chicago.

When people of color are "seeking out news about their communities, they can't find it. And what they see, they don't think is accurate," said Tom Rosenstiel, executive director of the American Press Institute.

Tia C. M. Tyree, a Howard University professor, said, "Many will believe there is embedded racism in many of America's systems: the media system, the legal system, the educational system. Many will believe that minorities aren't treated fairly in those systems, and because of that, any products that come out of it will be problematic."

She attributed this to the knowledge of the makeup of media ownership and editorship, saying that it matters who is in charge because few African-Americans and Hispanics are in the mainstream news as reporters and producers, which affects the news slant.

In addition, the number of organizations geared towards the population or representing the population affect the views: while Hispanics can turn to Spanish-language news organizations, African-Americans have a dwindling number of outlets.

NORC, at the University of Chicago, conducted the survey Jan. 9 through Feb. 17, 2014. It involved landline and cellphone interviews in English or Spanish with 1,492 adults nationwide, including 358 Hispanic adults and 318 African American adults.